Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand, The Port Hills and Their Names., sentence 30
When the olden warrior Te Rangi-whakaputa set out to make the shore of the Raupo Harbour his own, he encountered numerous parties of Ngati-Mamoe, who put up a fight for their homes and hunting-grounds.
Who acts: olden warrior, numerous parties · What happens: set out, make, encounter, put up · To what, where: whakaputa, shore, numerous parties, fight
This is a sentence of «Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand» by James Cowan, The Port Hills and Their Names.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (olden warrior, numerous parties), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
Mova's own parse. This tree may be wrong.
The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 23 encountered | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 warrior | det |
| 3 | olden | olden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 warrior | amod |
| 4 | warrior | warrior | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 encountered | nsubj |
| 5 | Te | te | X | _ | 4 warrior | appos |
| 6 | Rangi | Rangi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Te | goeswith |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 8 whakaputa | punct |
| 8 | whakaputa | whakaputa | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 Te | flat |
| 9 | set | set | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 whakaputa | acl |
| 10 | out | out | ADP | _ | 9 set | compound:prt |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 make | mark |
| 12 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 set | advcl |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 shore | det |
| 14 | shore | shore | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 make | obj |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 Harbour | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 Harbour | det |
| 17 | Raupo | Raupo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 Harbour | compound |
| 18 | Harbour | Harbour | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 shore | nmod |
| 19 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 own | nmod:poss |
| 20 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 Harbour | amod |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 warrior | punct |
| 22 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 encountered | nsubj |
| 23 | encountered | encounter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 24 | numerous | numerous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 parties | amod |
| 25 | parties | party | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 encountered | obj |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 Ngati | case |
| 27 | Ngati | Ngati | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 parties | nmod |
| 28 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 29 Mamoe | punct |
| 29 | Mamoe | Mamoe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 Ngati | conj |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 put | punct |
| 31 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 32 put | nsubj |
| 32 | put | put | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 25 parties | acl:relcl |
| 33 | up | up | ADP | _ | 32 put | compound:prt |
| 34 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 35 fight | det |
| 35 | fight | fight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 put | obj |
| 36 | for | for | ADP | _ | 38 homes | case |
| 37 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 38 homes | nmod:poss |
| 38 | homes | home | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 put | obl |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 42 grounds | cc |
| 40 | hunting | hunting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 grounds | compound |
| 41 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 40 hunting | punct |
| 42 | grounds | grounds | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 38 homes | conj |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 23 encountered | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | set out | participle | whakaputa not said here | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | make | to-infinitive | the shore of the Raupo Harbour | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset shore=Product | |||||
| 3 | encounter | past | the olden warrior | numerous parties of Ngati and Mamoe | warrior nsubj | vn encounter-30.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer party=Stimulus | |||
| 4 | put up | present | numerous parties of Ngati and Mamoe | a fight | for Ngati's homes and hunting grounds | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent fight=Goal |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Text: «Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand» by James Cowan, Project Gutenberg book 73766 (public domain in the USA). Tree: Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the chapter read in order.
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